Creating your perfect space at home

A lovely follower (@adeersheart) recently reached out to me on Instagram, asking how I get my flat to fit my clean aesthetic and well, while it's obvious that you guys don't see the messy bits.. (bedroom I'm looking at you..) I don't take photos of my flat, without it being neat and tidy.. That said, I've put together a few tips when styling your home, to compliment the clean minimal aesthetic of your dreams! This post is more of how I created my perfect space, it's still a work in progress and I appreciate that this style might not be applicable to everybody, but I hope it inspires you!

Create a mood board

Before you start your dream deco journey, you need to have some sort of aesthetic in mind. What sort's of things do you like, what do you vision for your home to be like - this really helped us when choosing items for our home. Pinterest is your best friend and can give some creative ideas, for storage and little tips around your home.

Look at what you do have

This tip is pretty important, because it's often not going to be achievable if your desired look doesn't fit in with your lifestyle. Look at the items you do have, are they going to look out of place in your vision or could you store these items efficiently? Do you have children, where will their toys go? or you could have lots of sports equipment that might look out of place.. These are all things that need to be thought about before thinking of a minimal aesthetic. This brings me along to the idea of smart storage.

Declutter your life

I found this to be the most beneficial step to even starting a new clean leaf. I completely cleared out my wardrobe, getting rid of anything I don't wear and giving away to charity, friends, or selling on depop. I still do this now, it's good to recycle things you don't use. Clutter means mess and stress, making use of the space for things you will use and want is a good habit to get into, instead of holding on to things using up your valuable space resource!

Smart Storage

The reason we try and keep our home tidy and neat is not just my uncontrollable need to have everything put away, but we invested in some really good storage ideas for our flat. We live in a one bedroom apartment, which isn't the largest place in the world and for two people moving their life possessions in together we needed places to hide that junk we don't want on display. We bought a few things from IKEA, such as the popular square units we use as bookcases - and slot the fabric boxes inside to hide all the junk we don't want people to see. Our sofa has a secret storage compartment underneath and all my excess seasonal wardrobe is also put away in boxes in our only storage cupboard. Being sensible with storage is probably the best tip I have to achieving the clean look you want. If you don't have the space for it, make it creative, use a clothing rail to make your clothes part of your look. Styling your storage that is visible will make a lot of difference to the feel of your home.

(A few smart storage ideas, I love basket's and anything wire)

Take it Slow

It's so tempting to buy loads of things all at once, especially when moving home. There's lots of things we bought at the beginning, that we didn't need, didn't use, or ended up giving away just because we did a huge haul of items before moving in. Start with the essentials, and if you're going for a colour theme, start with neutrals until you decide on a colour palette for your home. I went for a bright yellow accent and ended up changing it because I ended up not liking it. Building furnishings slowly will enable you to perfect your vision.

Ask yourself; does this add value to my home?

One thing I have stopped doing, is buying pointless homeware. Which I used to do, a lot. Which ended up in me having a lot of mismatched items that I actually had nowhere to display, because of the amount of 'decorative' items I had in my space. This ends up in being clutter. I now ask myself 'does this add value to my space?' and 'does it have a place?' I find that these questions stop being from compulsively buying rubbish that I don't need or will look out of place in my home. Most often the answer is no, saving my wallet and my limited storage space. I now focus on items that I feel are missing or items I feel will add value to my home and lifestyle.

(a few accessories I feel fit my style)

These are the tips I try to stick by to keep my home running with the same look and aesthetic. I love plants too, so I'm growing my home jungle slowly.. but surely. Adding plant stand also helps to create some dimension to styling your home. But I hope that was helpful and would be nice to see if you want to see more of these types of posts!

Thanks for reading as always,

I'm over on twitter & Instagram

- if you fancy a natter

A better wardrobe

This week I've been challenging my ideals about stuff. What makes owning stuff so great? What actual fulfilment am I getting from owning more clothes, more homeware, more general crap that I don't need? It's a little bit deep, but hear me out..

My final major project at university is being based around these ideals and questions, so all week I've been opening my mind up to this whole idea of having a much more minimal lifestyle. Ultimately this adds a lot more value to your possessions, making you appreciate the items you have, getting more wear out of clothing - because they're all your favourites. Instead of using your hard earned cash on things you don't actually need or will even wear sometimes.

If you haven't already, there's a documentary on Netflix called Minimalism, watch it. It explains it a lot more in depth than me, but its really fascinating to see how far consumerism has come and played its part in our everyday lives.

Recently, I challenged the idea of shaving my head. Weird I know, but I'm just so attached to my hair and now its ruined I'm just so annoyed with it, it got to that point okay.. I think we've all been there (haha) But something really inspired me and that was that when you have no hair, you focus more on what makes you beautiful inside. Because it's just so superficial. The idea that these outward things like stuff, like hair.. doesn't actually mean anything. I guess that transfers to stuff too, does it add value to your life in anyway? Or because consumerism says you need it?
Don't panic, I'm not shaving my head, but it was just a really nice perspective to hear that these things, don't actually mean anything in the bigger outlook of things.

You're probably thinking.. okay cool, but what are you actually up to..

So today, I'm doing a huge wardrobe clear out, which was inspired by Project 333, a way of cutting down your wardrobe, so you have nicer, higher quality items which last longer and get much more wear out of them. There's video's of this all over youtube, so if you're interested take a look!

Today however, is the culling. I'm throwing away clothing/stuff that I don't wear, I'm never going to wear again, and sort these out into categories.

• Donate
• Keep
• Summer Season

I'll be putting a box of summer clothing (that I think I will wear) in my storage cupboard, because I can't wear jumpers in summertime! The idea however to complete a capsule collection of clothing, to gain the most usage of all the clothes you have as opposed to just having your favourites.
But I think I'll just have a really good clear out first!

A few hours later and here's what we managed to do!

Howard managed to somehow bring this huge storage shelving thing home, which was amazing to put my jeans and bags and things on, in the tub is a few jumpers too, mainly Howard's! We managed to cut our entire closet in HALF. We used to have my side and his side, now it's practically half a storage bit and half a hanging space.

and this is all the stuff we managed to throw away & donate. I didn't even realise I had this much stuff just sitting in my wardrobe.. I'm really looking forward to creating a wardrobe that's more me, but also one that will last with quality chosen items instead. This was a bit of a strange post (haha) but I hope you enjoyed it!

Have you been inspired to do a clear out?

Thanks for reading as always,

I'm over on twitter & Instagram
- if you fancy a natter

Making hard choices

(a little picture of Howard my boyfriend, on one of our walks to the purbecks)

The last few weeks have been abit of a blur, I've finally settled into my uni work and I feel like I'm finally getting into it, but it's been abit of a struggle just trying to put my ideas into words and actually start somewhere in my project. I've been struggling a little last week with my anxiety and pulling myself together again but that's a whole different story.

Last month I started Blogtober and I LOVED it. I didn't actually post every single day, but I attempted it. I also realised my potential, my followers grew, my content got better and I was really seeing the stat's rise. People started contacting me about being a part of this blogging community that I knew about but I was never really part of. I was just a girl who blogged every now and then because it was something that I liked doing from time to time.

But last month made me realise my real potential and I'm not saying I'm going to be the next huge blogger, but  it made me think about my last job and what it was that I adored about it and that's social media marketing. It made me passionate again after university killed it for me.

I also work weekend's at a local bistro behind the bar, which does take up a lot more time than you think it does. I no longer had time for my boyfriend who is a photographer and we started creating stuff for my blog and it was so nice to do something together. But because of his full time job and my job we never get to go out and explore the beautiful places we have around us here in Dorset.

So a few days ago I sent my notice in and I've decided to leave my job. Which is huge. I worked out that I can survive on my student loan but it just means I have to be a lot more careful on my spending but also trying to make money from what I love the most. I'm not saying I'm going to jump into freelance straight away, I've still got a degree to finish but for me it's a breath of fresh air and it's what is going to make me happy. I'm going to miss the people I work alongside, but there's nothing stopping me from doing fun things more often now.

Inside I'm terrified, its scary knowing I will have to sort of live like a student again, watching my budget and not being able to afford the nice things that I love so much. But I'm sacrificing all that for time. Time to spend enjoying my boyfriend's company in our lovely home. Time to focus on activities and work that I love to do, Time to go on adventures and explore the world around me.

It's going to be hard to cut back, I say this like I have so much money but a little bit does make a difference, it's going to be stuff but cutting down isn't always such a bad thing. It's all very exciting and I'm excited to start my life up again and decide what exactly it is I want to do when I leave university. I'm looking forward to just focus'ing on me again and what makes me happy.

Thanks for reading as always,

Hello November

I can't believe its November already and what an amazing October had for blogging, I admit blogtober was abit of a long shot for me with blogging 'every day' but I tried and I was just astonished at how much more activity I had produced and how much more engaged my followers were. My views went up and I managed to hit my goal of 3,000 followers on my Instagram account, which was amazing.

I managed to be invited to the Lush opening event in Bournemouth and met some really cool new blogger faces. My emails regarding opportunities has also increased a little, which is so great!

Not only has this past month been an amazing journey for me, but it's really made me feel a lot more confident about my tiny place in this huge blogging world, I never started blogging for the following but it is nice to see that people actually care about what you're writing and for me it was so lovely to see those views shoot up all because of the hard work that I was putting into my blog.

It was hard work, so much so that I found it actually really hard to blog everyday, to create content, create decent photographs that would sit alongside my posts. So much so, I had to skip some days to feel a little less overwhelmed and that was okay! Being blog organised is hard, but it is something that I'm looking forward to working on this month and hopefully writing about.

Being organised and motivated is something I really want to work on in November, working from home is often quite overwhelming and sometimes difficult to keep yourself from trailing off onto other things such as Sims and rubbish TV shows..  (whoops)

So this month is a work hard month, with uni deadlines approaching at the end of this month, the last thing I want is to fail this unit again so with 4 weeks to go I'm going to slam out this unit and be really pumped for my final major. Exciting but scary. Better get to work!

Thanks for reading as always!

Thoughts - Why Dating Sucks..

So you're back in the rat race, maybe you're not actively looking for a partner, but this is it. You're supposedly 'dating' again. You picked yourself out of those nasty sweatpants you've been slobbing around in, you've completely over-watched every show on Netflix and left-over pizza just isn't cutting it anymore. Besides, sharing that Pizza would be alot easier with some company.

My New University Bedroom

So if you can tell by my Instagram, I moved into my new flat a few months ago and I've just been putting this post off to be honest, although I will eventually do a flat tour, once all the stuff is actually put away (whoops been too busy) but my room is so much nicer than my last student place.. it will be my third year in September and I was tired of the mould and all the crap that comes with being a student. So me and my matey decided to get a little 2 bed flat!

I have white walls at last! Which makes all my colourful things stick out hooray!

The Desk

So my desk has pretty much stayed the same, except for my super cool shelves, which I am hoping to fill with books. I've been trying to read alot more recently, and the shelves are the perfect size!(I think they're from Homebase) The super cool arrow light is from Primark, how cool is it! I've been after one for ages and it was only 10 Pounds *woohoo*

Everything else its pretty much from ikea, including the desk & my makeup drawers are from muji, who do the best makeup storage..

Bed & Chill Zone

Welcome to my bed & chill zone.. So I went a little Thor crazy at the start of moving in and I bought the canvas from the Range. Which fits perfectly above my bed! My curtains are the same, good ol' argos, although I'm contemplating changing them as I'm trying to eliminate most of the pink. My bed is missing my throw, because its summer and its warm! I actually have a decent bed this time around which I am so thankful for, so fed up of crappy student beds (boo) and my view from my window of the gardens is aaaamazing. 

So that's my new room, sorry its not major exciting stuff but I'm still in the process of organising, especially with my craft materials. We moved in pretty quickly so things are dotted around everywhere. My bed cushions, duvet etc are from Primark - I'm loving their new home items, all the colours are super cute. I'm hoping to show more of my work and craft stuff this year which will be awesome *queue planning for that*

Hope you enjoyed this post! :)


Emily.

Has blogging become boring?

I don't really want this post to turn into a boring little rant about the blogging world right now, but I've been seeing some brilliant posts that have wrote about this topic and its been very inspiring reads. Which brings me to the point of what I enjoy to read now, I don't want to bash other people's blogs, because I do enjoy the occasional few, but I'm so bored of the usual beauty or fashion bloggers that just seems so saturated now. I'm just bored with boring reviews about the same thing, new product, new review, great.

My blogging style in my opinion has begun to change and I'm no longer doing beauty posts because I feel they were just the easy thing to do. I guess that's why I haven't been posting much, because I'm still working out what it is I want to blog about. I want it to be more personal, Use what makes me unique as a person and translate that onto my blog. There's nothing better than seeing your stat's go up because people have took the time to read your blog, but I just keep thinking 'what is it I would like to read' and surely it is more satisfying to attract the readers that actually want to feel connected to your blog and not because they just found you on google for doing a review on a product.

I love reading posts that seem like they took the blogger some time to get their piece together, or just random thoughts that had occurred to them across the week that they felt needed to get off their chest. There is just something so liberating and inspiring about those kind of posts and I enjoy lifestyle bloggers so much more now. Maybe that's why the blogging community just seems all abit lost at the moment, because nobody is connecting with what they are reading anymore. Why is everybody striving to be successful by being the same? For me, I do this because I love to write. Sure I'd be lying if I said I didn't want anyone to read it, but I'm bored with being like everyone else and I want to write for me.

Top 10 tips for Happiness

This is more of different post than my usual stuff, after being at university and being plunged into this new place with loads of weird people I didn't know, I just found it hard just to fit anywhere.. I felt so low about just this whole new experience when I didn't need to be. I guess this post could be applicable to anybody whether you're down in the dumps or just want to improve your lifestyle. These are just some of the things I'm trying out right now to improve my lifestyle, self-worth and happiness!

1. Say YES to almost anything.

Sure, you're in a miserable mood.. you don't want to speak to anyone let alone be around people you have never met before and try to come up with all this crappy small-talk. You're anxious about going and your room is just warm, cosy and you just want to curl up in front of the TV with a takeaway. Stop. Going out creates so many more opportunity's that you just can't miss out on. Too many times have I wanted to just sleep for the whole day and missed out on so many great things and just regretted them afterwards.

2. Create Opportunity's

Stop moping around and waiting on that phone call to motivate you.. If no-one is interested in organizing things to do.. be the organizer! Phone up all those old friends and plan a get together, a catch up. All those awkward acquaintances you met in the pub that one night and you were kind of drunk.. so you're unsure if they're actually your mate or not... give them a Facebook message or a text, plan something and you'll be surprised! 
Put yourself out there and people will notice!

3. Stop relying on other people for happiness.

So many people do this everyday. Myself included. Feeling lost and lonely being bored because all your mates are busy or there's no-one else around to drive with you to the nearest Maccy D's to fuel your junk food addiction sure does suck... Sure people might be busy but there's still no reason to mope around and watch crappy daytime television all day. Go out, get up early, have a shower, put your slap on, make yourself feel beautiful and step out into the beautiful world on your own.

4. Improve your self-esteem.

Sure life can bring you down sometimes and often we find our self esteem is bruised in some way. Unless you're one of those lucky people who think they they are fabulous 100% of the time, then your self esteem can do with some building. Do something positive for yourself, write your best qualities on a piece of paper... create a diary, make a photo album.. a scrapbook, something visual you can look at on those rainy days and think
'Hey I'm not that bad!' 

5. Look after yourself.

We all need abit of pampering from time to time, eat more healthy, run one of those lovely fancy baths with petals.. someone's got to make ourselves feel better and sometimes that person can just be yourself! Start drinking more water, eating more healthy and getting more zzz's on a nighttime. Your body will feel better and so will you!

6. Know who you can trust.

You could have millions of friends, but who is really worth your time.. Who can you trust with your secrets? Having these sorts of friends does wonders, wanting a chat without feeling judged. Sometimes it's nice to get all those pent-up emotions out to someone you know can understand.. If you have trust issues.. There's a whole internet out there with people who are willing to help or just be a listener!

7. You have a right to be beautiful - Embrace it!

Get up, get dressed, make yourself feel beautiful. If that means putting makeup on do it, put your favorite clothes on and go out and treat yourself to things that make you feel special. Buy some new clothes or that dress you have had your eye on for ages. Sure money can't buy you happiness but making yourself feel good about your appearance can instantly lift your mood.

8. Get Creative!
I find that by doing something creatively opens up my mind to lots of different ideas and concepts. If you have a hobby, use it to get creative. If you don't have any creative hobbies, have a browse on Pinterest, see what crafty things you could make, or even just cooking something different for a change! I recently just started making my own scrapbook, every time I finish a page I feel accomplished and proud of what I've created.

9. Treat yourself
Like I said money can't always buy you happiness, especially when you have a student budget like mine. But treating yourself to things can lift your mood, especially if you have wanted an item for a long time. But if you don't want to spend anything just treat yourself by indulging in your own time. Have a bath, make time for yourself.. or just have a gander into that coffee shop you've always wanted to visit and read a book.
Treating yourself doesn't always have to be with money.

10. Be content with what you have.
This is a tip that recently I have been trying to put into my life. Just being content with everything I have. Write a list of all the things you 'have' and reflect on just how special those things are. Make a day of reflection. Be grateful for the things that you do have. Family, friends, a place to sleep, good memories.. When you break down your life and look at the things you are lucky enough to have you realize that sometimes happiness is staring right at you in the face.
Stop chasing things you don't have and love the things that you do.

Abit of a different post to normal but it was also quite personal at the same time. Moving to a different place and almost starting all over is a hard thing! I hope you enjoyed reading, If there's any of the tips you would like me to dwell further into leave me a comment!

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April Wishlist

Lately I've been craving things. Items I can't afford, mainly because they are just too out of reach of my £50 a week budget.. after buying food for the week and all the items you generally need to live, I'm left with little money to spend on myself, some of these items would just take all my money and I'm just left dreaming and drooling of the items I really want this month! So I've compiled a little wishlist of the things I'm saving up for this month..

1. Floral Pavilion Scrapbook Album 12 x 12 // £15.00

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After I've started scrapbooking I just found it would be 100 times more easier if at the beginning I had just bought a normal 12x12 album. It's getting increasingly more annoying having it as a separate book, I just love the floral print on this and I just think it's lovely for the price.

2. JUJU Jellies in purple // £25.00

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After buying some jelly shoes from primark, and them breaking within a week, I really want to buy a decent pair of jelly shoes. Purple.. obviously, but I think I might hunt around eBay before spending £25.00 on a pair.. but I really like the pastel colours too.. I'm so torn

3. Large Yankee Candle Bahama Breeze // £19.99

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After trying out the wax tart melt in Bahama Breeze, I knew that I just had to have it in a large candle, it's not exactly cheap though so lots of saving has to happen. I just love candle's though and I can't wait to own this, but I think it will be a long time before I do.

4. Fruit-a-licious Wax Tart Melts // £9.99

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I'm obsessed with Yankee Candle and my favourite thing to have in my room is my melt burner with a gorgeous scent. It just fills my room up and it smells beautiful. I love having melt's and I would really love to try the new fruity scents for summer.

5. Mono Check Rose Shirt Tea Dress // £15.00

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I'm actually loving Select at the moment, their new stuff is so summery and cute, but also at a fraction of some other high street stores. Their prices I would say reflect Primark, but the quality just feels so much nicer. I've bought a few new items from Select, and I just loved this dress when I saw it in store!

6. Black Ribbon trim shaker hat // £25.00

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River Island and summer just go together so beautifully, but unfortunately my student budget.. doesn't. I tried on this hat in store when I visited London and it looked so cute but at a £25.00 price tag, I doubt it will ever sit on my head again! Little bit too pricey for a hat for myself, but a girl can dream.

7. Black Chunky Heel Cut-out Ankle Boots // £20.00

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I saw these in store and I've been after a cute pair of boots with a heel just so I can feel abit more dressy, instead of being in my biker boots and converse all the time. These were just £20 from Select and they have a 15% student discount too, so they'll only be £17! 

So, that's my little wishlist for April, I hope I can buy at least one or two of my items from my list, even if it means reducing my food budget! It's been ages since I've done a wishlist post, I hope you liked it :)

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Yankee Candle Giveaway

To celebrate getting 100 lovely followers on bloglovin' I really wanted to do a giveaway that reflected my blog! Up for grabs is a small yankee candle of your choice, inspired by my posts (as I'm obsessed with candles) I thought it would be a lovely prize to win! 

Hobbycraft Haul - Scrapbooking

Hi guys, I finally got round to actually writing a post (yippee!) I'm actually back at home for the week so apologies for my change in photograph style, I don't have a white surface here so *sigh* enjoy this lovely wooden table instead! I've been feeling so inspired lately to be more creative.. I decided that I really wanted to start a scrapbook.. so after much researching and many youtube videos.. I got the basic idea of the items I would need! If you follow me on twitter you would know (as I document pretty much anything) that I went to Hobbycraft yesterday and picked up a few items to get myself started in the scrapbooking loop! I didn't want to buy random things that I wouldn't end up using, as I know how expensive scrapbooking can actually be if you let it. So here's what I picked up! 

Current Favourites

I was going to do a February favorites, but since I missed out on that opportunity (whoops) today I'll just be writing a current favourite post. This are items I've collected over Feb or the start of March which I've loved, If you're interested in any of the items and want to know more of a review, feel free to comment :)

Tour | What's In My Bag?

This week is so busy at university as my deadline is next week. I've seen this post been done on a few other blogger's blogs (sorry for the lack of originality) but I have to keep my posts quite limited as the time I have is limited right now!

So here is my 'What's in my bag' post! My bag is a small black little satchel. I take this pretty much everywhere with me.. It's that one trusty bag that the majority of girls all have. I never really take anything out of my bag so it's all pretty much ready for if I need to leave in a rush..

Haul | Home Fragrance

Hello all, If you follow me on twitter you would know that I was so excited about these little purchases. I am obsessed  addicted with home fragrance.. I can't keep my purse away from it all. Since being at university I find that candles, oils and burners just make my room that much more cosy. I am constantly collecting candles and oils and this was my recent haul from a shop called 'the candle jar' it is however based in Bournemouth. If you have a candle shop near you go visit! It's such a lovely experience, you even smell coffee beans to cleanse your smell.. palette! 

Haul | Birthday Treats!

If you don't follow me on twitter or instagram, it was my birthday on Tuesday! I've only just got around to this post as I went shopping on the weekend. I had 10 minutes in Primark (whoops) so I couldn't properly shop in there (sadness) but this is all the bits and bob's I have picked up this week, thought I'd share it! 

*I'll include links for things I bought online!

January's Favourites!

I probably should of done this post 6 days ago, but better late than never!
I'm going to start doing this post at the end of every month and a wishlist for the start of each month :)
So this is a post about all the little things I might have bought throughout January, which became my new favorites!

Owl oil burners - G&T's, £2.00 each

4 Hour tealight candles - G&T's, £3

I bought one of these at the start of the month as my mom had one when I went back home for christmas, I love buying little things for my room at university. There's a shop called G&T's here, not sure if they have other branches etc but it is like a cheap store that sells everything. I found these and thought they would fit in perfectly with the rest of my white/pink theme room. My mom had bought me some tealight candles for christmas but I had already run out, (I burn alot of candles whoops) so I bought a new set of 36 long 4 hour ones. The oil goes in the top of the burner so when the candle inside heats the plate up, it lets off this beautiful smelling steam. I prefer it to incense as I don't like that smokey incense smell and this just smells so fresh. The oil's I pick up from G&T's and they literally have loads for 20p each. I buy so many, and I just get through loads so it's really inexpensive as they're so cheap! I loved it so much that last time I actually bought another oil burner, so now I have 2! :)

Rimmel, Kate Moss Matte - Shade 110, £3.99 

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Excuse the messy tube, but as you can see this was one of my faves throughout Jan, when my hair was blue I found it difficult to wear lipstick so this one was a perfect pink shade to compliment the overwhelming blue that was my hair. It's a lovely shade to wear in the day or night and I'm obsessed with the matte collection. It goes on so creamy and just matte's right up and stays on for the whole day. I think it's such a good alternative to MAC lipstick, it lasts ages but without the expensive price tag.

IKEA Candles, Tindra - 95p each

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I am obsessed. Last time my parents went to Ikea I literally jumped at the chance because I wanted to stock up with their candles (hehe) They are so cheap at just 95p! They come in this glass container which is cute because when they are finished, I discard the wax and put tea-lights in them. They smell so amazing for the price tag, I bought, like 5 last time I went at Christmas time and I only have one left (sobs) But if you ever go to Ikea.. buy them. Loads of them.. otherwise you'll regret it when you run out!

The Fault in our stars, John Green - £3.85 

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(no spoilers, I promise.)

So I've slowly but gradually been getting through all the John Green books (hehe) After I read Looking for Alaska, which I really enjoyed, I decided to give this one a go. I'd seen people raving about it on the internet, so I bought it from amazon for quite a cheap price. They do a kindle version too, but I prefer holding a book and turning the pages.. I literally sobbed.. not weeped.. sobbed haha. The end is just such a twist I didnt see it coming. A very sad book.. If you're not up for soppy sad stories then I wouldn't recommend, but if like me you like a good cry and becoming attached to characters you will love this! I'm no literature snob so I can't say if its well written or not because I don't have a clue but, I found this easy to read! I've now purchased another John Green book. This will be released as a film next year too, but I don't think it will live up to the book! :)

Factory Girl, Amazon, 

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Since my boyfriend introduced me to this film I just love it. I hated it at first and complained when he put it on, but it's actually become one of my favourite films. It's such a tear jerker and depressing but it's a lovely film. Set in the 60's/70's its basically the life story of Edie Sedgewick, has alot of Andy Warhol in it too. Such a good film, and Sienna Miller is just beautiful in this. Recommend watching :)

Kinder chocolate bars, £3.00 Lidl

Whenever I go do my shopping, I always pick up a packet of these. It has an unusually creepy child on the front, but aside from that, they are just so addictive, a whole pack goes within a day..and that's 16 bars of these things. 

mmm.

I hope you enjoyed reading last months favorites! 

What are some of your favourite's?